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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-10-13 15:46:55 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-10-13 15:46:55 +0000
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Added wakeup feature.
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@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ Only one daemon process is permitted per user; in daemon mode,
.I fetchmail
makes a per-user lockfile to guarantee this. The option
.B --quit
-will kill a running daemon process.
+will kill a running daemon process. Otherwise, calling fetchmail with
+a daemon in the background sends a wakeup signal to the daemon,
+forcing it to poll mailservers immediately.
.PP
The
.B -L